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Today's lead stories:
Israeli Soldiers Continue to Remove Israeli Settlers from
Gaza Strip
Rights Groups Say Afghan Election Process Disenfranchises
Women
Iraq's National Assembly Still Grapples with Draft Constitution
Anti-War Vigils Throughout the United States
Polish Workers Complain of Asbestos at World Trade Center
Site
Native American Voting Rights Violated in South Dakota
Mumia Abu Jamal Commentary: Terrorism at Home
FSRN Headlines
Russia and China began joint military exercises, a move that
concerns the United States, and the Asian peninsula. Severine
Bardon reports from Beijing.
London's top police officer attempted to stop an independent
investigation into the shooting of the Brazilian suicide bomb
suspect, according to leaked documents. From London, Naomi
Fowler reports:
The US military announced it will send an extra 700 paratroopers
to Iraq to boost prison security. Mike Sintetos reports from
Washington, D.C.
More than 100 Ecuadorean migrants died off the coast of Columbia
when their boat capsized earlier this week. A fishing vessel
found 9 survivors hanging onto debris and oil barrels more
than 100 miles off the coast. The boat was bringing the passengers
to Guatemala at which time they would travel by land into
the United States. The trip is led by smugglers who charge
10 thousand dollars for the dangerous trip. This boat had
a maximum capacity for 9 people. It was knocked capsized by
a large wage that broke the wooden boat apart. The Ecuadorean
government has tried to crack down on smugglers but are usually
released for lack of evidence. One in 25 leave the Ecuador,
mostly for the United States or Spain.
Mexico, the US government and border states are all pointing
fingers at escalating violence along the US/Mexico border.
Vicente Fox said the United States is doing little to contain
the violence. Arizona and New Mexico have issued a state of
emergency, claiming the federal government has ignored the
activity. As Dolores Bernal reports from New Mexico, the states
fear that the increase of violence and illegal immigration
could put their citizens at harm.
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Israeli Soldiers Continue to Remove Israeli Settlers
from Gaza Strip (2:00)
Israeli soldiers removed hard-line, mostly young Israelis
who had barricaded themselves inside a synagogue in the Neve
Dakalim settlement in Gaza today. Settlers in Kfar Darom threw
dirt bombs and acid on Israeli soldiers attempting to evict
them from a synagogue. Palestinians, meanwhile, are cautiously
relieved at the efforts, which will return the Gaza Strip
to Palestine for the first time in forty years. Our correspondent
in Gaza is Laila El-Haddad, Laila, can you tell us the latest
that's happening there.
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Rights Groups Say Afghan Election Process Disenfranchises
Women (3:13)
Parliamentary and provincial council election campaigning
has now begun in Afghanistan. Many human rights groups that
have been critical of the process are saying that the major
losers in this election will be women. To coincide with the
official start of political campaigning, Human Rights Watch
has issued a report on women's participation in the elections.
From Washington, DC, Selina Musuta has more.
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Iraq's National Assembly Still Grapples with Draft
Constitution (4:14)
Violence continues in Iraq - several people were wounded
when gunmen opened fire and launched rocket-propelled grenades
on a Mosque in Ramadi where the governor was meeting with
Sunni clerics. Four US soldiers were killed in a separate
attack north of Baghdad, by a roadside bomb. Coordinated bombings
in the capital left at least 43 people dead yesterday. Iraq's
National Assembly is still scrambling to meet its new deadline
for a draft constitution, set for August 22. We're joined
by independent journalist Aaron Glantz, author of How America
Lost Iraq.
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Anti-War Vigils Throughout the United States
(1:30)
Some 1,600 anti-war vigils took place across the country
last night. Demonstrators say they were re-inspired by the
story of Cindy Sheehan - a mother whose son was killed last
year while on a mission in Iraq. Sheehan has been camped out
near President Bush's Crawford Ranch since August 9. In Washington,
DC, about 700 people gathered in front of the White House
for their own vigil. Karen Brownlee was one of the mothers
who spoke before the crowd.
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Polish Workers Complain of Asbestos at World Trade
Center Site (2:57)
4 years after the 911 attacks, many Polish workers employed
on the World Trade Centre demolition site, are complaining
that their work safety rights are not respected. They are
particularly concerned about the presence of asbestos particles
in dust on the site. While many people around the world have
praised 911 heroes, many of these workers, particularly those
with undocumented immigration status, have been left behind.
Danuta Szafraniec reports from Warsaw.
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Native American Voting Rights Violated in South Dakota
(3:00)
The state of South Dakota is appealing a federal panel's
directive for the state to redraw voting district boundary
lines. The appeal stems from an American Civil Liberties Union
lawsuit charging that Native American voting rights have been
violated by the way voting district boundaries are drawn in
Charles Mix County. As Jim Kent reports, the ACLU has no intention
of stepping down from the fight.
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Mumia Abu Jamal Commentary: Terrorism at Home
(3:14)
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